倔: crabby, tough...
扎根: to take root...
挑拨: to incite disharmony, to instigate...
修理: to repair, to fix, to prune, to trim, (coll.) to sort sb out, to fix sb...
省会: provincial capital...
近来: recently, lately...
报刊: newspapers and periodicals, the press...
老实说: honestly speaking, to be frank,......
优秀: outstanding, excellent...
精通: to be proficient in, to master (a subject)...
